Neckband for shirts.



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DAVID B. OOON, 4OF TROY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO COON BROTHERS, OF

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NECKBAND Foe SHIRTS.

i SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 723,141, datedMarch17, 1903.

i l i Application filed December 31, 1902. Serial No. 137,226. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom; it may con/cern:

Be it known that I, DAVID B. CooN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Troy, in the county of Rensselaer, State of NewYork, 5 haveinvented certain new and `useful Improvements in Neckbands for Shirts,of which the following is a.speciiication,reference being had therein tothe accompanyingdrawings.

This linvention relates to a neckband for Io shirts, and particularly toa novel means of folding the band from a single blank of material inorder to secure the most efficient results.

The invention has for an object to provide I5 a neckband folded from ablank of fabric having curved 'edges or sides, whereby the curved foldin the material may be formed in a single ply, thus avoiding thedifficulty of seeming a smooth fold in two or more plies of 2o materialand producing a finished article having a straight and a curved sideedge. Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will behereinafter set forth and the novel features thereof defined by theappended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of the blank, having fold-linesindicated thereon by dots; Fig. 2, a similar View showing the outeredges folded inward upon curved lines; Fig. 3o 3, a similar view showingthe completed article; Fig. 4, a detail perspective showing the manner of attaching a band to a shirt; Fig. 5, an enlarged vertical sectionthrough the band,and Fig. 6 a plan of ablank embodying a modifiedapplication of the invention'.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures ofthe drawings.

The letter A designates a blank which may be formed of any suitablefabric and is pro- 4o vided at opposite sides with curved edges A', iwhile the ends A4 thereof may be iinished i-n any manner preferredforinstance, by folding inward` on the body. upon line A5, Figrl.

In order to secure a curved edge upon one 45 side of thecompleted'bandit is necessary to form a fold therein upon a curved line,and

when this'fold is made in two or more plies or thicknesses of material abunching or roughness is produced which renders the iin- 5o ishiug ofthe article to produce a smooth and regular band very difficult andcauses a stretching of the band, which renders the sizes inaccurate. Toobviate this serious difficulty and form the fold in a single ply of thematerial, the outer edges A of the blank are folded inward upon thecurved lines A2, thus attaining the positioiis shown in Fig. 2. Now inorder to bring the curved edges which are still at the outside of theband together the same is folded cent-rally upon the longi- 6o tudinalline A3, thus eifecting the completed article, as shown in Fig. 3, andconcealing the `free ends of the material within the band, where theymay be secured by a line of stitches, as shown at B, and afurtherstitching-line may be applied at the upper straight edge A3, as shown atB. The band is also provided at its opposite ends with buttonholes B2and with a central buttonhole B3, this formof band being particularlyadapted 7o for application to open-front shirts, as the narrowestportion of the band is applied at the front of the shirt and the widestat the back. The line of stitches B secures the band together and formsa four-ply band having an open lower edge, as shown by Fig. 4f, intowhich the upper portion` of a shirt B5 or other garment to which theband may be applied may be inserted and secured by a line of stitchingB4, passing through both the shirt 8o and band. In some instances it maybe desirable to apply a reinforcing-strip C to increase the thickness ofthe band-forinstance, where buttonholes are applied, as shown at the'opposite ends of'Fig.'1-and such a strip 85 should be of less widththan the blank, extending substantially from one curved foldline A2 tothe other, thus not increasing the thickness of the material upon thecurved line of fold.

The modified application of the invention shown in Fig. 6 is adapted forapplication to shirts which open in the back and is, in effect, theseparation of the form shown in Fig. 3 at the widest part and thejoining of the narrow 95 ends together, thus producing a' continuouspiece of material at the narrowest portion, or front of the band. Inthis modification the band D is provided with curved sides D', which arefolded inward upon the lines D2, loo

as in Fig. 2, andthence upon themselves upon the central line D3, thusproducing an article having the advantages set forth.

Having described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim,and desire io secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A neckband having the opposite side edges thereof folded inward upona curved lille and then upon a straight line and secured together;substantially as specified.

2. A neckband having opposite curved sides folded inward upon curvedlines in a single ply of fabric, said folded portions being then foldedupon themselves and secured together by a line of stitching intermediateof the sides of the band to leave an open edge for the insertion of afabric to which the band is to be secured; substantially as specified.

3. -A neckband having opposite curved sides folded inward upon curvedlinesin a single ply, of fabric, said folded portions being then foldedupon themselves and secured together by a line of stitching intermediateof the sides of the band to leave an open edge for the insertion of afabric to which the band is to be secured, and a supplemental stripdisposed Within the band and extending between the curved fold-lines atthe opposite sides thereof; substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.l

DAVID B. COON.

Witnesses:

G. F. PAGE, F. E. DALY.

